18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest
Photograph by Jeff Kida
TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT
Every month, we showcase some of the most talented photographers in the world. Now it's your turn to join the ranks. Enter your favorite photo in the 2026 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.
Grand Prize
All expense 3-night stay at any ranch in the True Ranch Collection
All finalist photographs will be published online and in our September 2026 issue.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
Our contest is open to amateur and professional photographers. All photos must be made in Arizona and fit into the category of Landscape, Wildlife or Macro (close-up).
The submission deadline has passed.
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Photo by Ivy ilkay
A moment of stillness. Pools like these become brief sanctuaries. Mirrors for the sky and lifelines for our desert critters.
Location: Tanque Verde Falls, Tucson, Arizona
Photo by David Percival
A bobcat gazes warily from a thicket of shrubs.
Location: Peavine Trail, Prescott, Az
Photo by Alicia Judy
High Desert Trails
Location: Elephant Mountain, Spur Cross Conservatory
Photo by Alicia Judy
Late Spring Rim Road 300
Location: Mogollon Rim
Photo by Alicia Judy
Late Spring Snow Storm!
Location: Mogollon Rim
Photo by Bernhard Michaelis
This shot was taken just seconds before the sun slipped away. I scrambled for the camera and managed to set it up just in time to capture this fleeting, gold-drenched moment before it vanished.
Location: Taken in northern Arizona on Navajo Reservation vicinity of Little Colorado River, Black Falls Crossing area
Photo by Peg Wier
Twin Great Horned owlets watching me closely.
Location: Apache Junction
Photo by Sammani Perera
Sunrise at Toroweap Overlook.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Toroweap Overlook is in one of the deepest—3000 feet from rim to river—and narrowest—less than a mile from rim to rim—sections of the Grand Canyon.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
On the precipice of Toroweap Overlook, I was filled with awe of the Colorado River, the sculptor of a masterpiece I will never tire of, journeying westward 3000 feet below.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Melissa Harnish
Early morning light rays filter through the clouds, creating sheets of light over the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Photo by Sammani Perera
Passing tempest at Toroweap Overlook.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park